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DH Timz or get him out!
Topic Started: May 18 2010, 11:52 PM (123 Views)
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His is a JOKE in the field. Either DH him or get him the f*ck on the bench where he belongs.

Cashman needs to make a move. We are going to fall 6 games behind the Rays with the slop we are marching out there by the time Granderson, Posada, and Swisher get back.
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Cashman is f*cking sleeping at the wheel. Lose should be off this team right now and Dye should be on the frist flight in for tomorrow. I don't care if he sucks, he can't be more inept than Lose.
Edited by Yanksfan03, May 19 2010, 12:19 AM.
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I never EVER thought I'd see a worse outfielder than Bobby Abreu. He has to DH.
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I love Thames' bat, but he's strictly a DH. They need one to two guys who can competently play the corner outfield spots and hit more than Randy Winn. I hated that signing and he's not doing anything to make me feel better about it. He is completely shot.
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May 19 2010, 12:22 AM
I love Thames' bat, but he's strictly a DH. They need one to two guys who can competently play the corner outfield spots and hit more than Randy Winn. I hated that signing and he's not doing anything to make me feel better about it. He is completely shot.
Seriously, Winn sucks beyond belief, I have no problem with Thames as an extra bat off the bench but yeah, he's f*cking us in the outfield., We need to get Dye in here quickly then as soon as Swisher is back at full strength, get Winn the feck out.
Edited by Yanksfan03, May 19 2010, 12:24 AM.
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Why is Jermaine Dye the popular name? I'm guessing he sucked mightily in the second half of last season (why nobody showed much interest in him). And didn't he have big contract demands in the offseason? Homeboy hasn't played since September. How much of an impact could he have in the next few weeks? I wouldn't have been against the signing in March. Wouldn't be against it now, either. But ya'll are talking like it'd be a fix. If the Yankees got him today, I wouldn't expect it to make a difference.

If the Yankees are gonna make a move, I think it should be something considerable. Maybe a real, starting-calibur outfielder who can DH. I'm pretty much ruling Johnson out for the year. Not that he'll miss the rest of the season, but he won't matter the rest of the year. You know how wrist and hand injuries f*ck hitters up. Recovering from wrist surgery, he's gonna lose some strength in that arm (can't lift weights or anything during recuperation), the layoff is gonna mess his timing up, and when he comes back he'll be swining all female like. And then he'll get injured again three weeks after that. So call it a hole at DH that needs to be filled. And you're out your mind if you think Curtis Granderson should be Plan B in the 2-hole. Doesn't walk that much, strikes out a lot and hits for low average. He'd piss us off something fierce. I don't think his return to the lineup will make much of a difference, either. He's a good tack-on piece to a team; the guy you don't even notice when things are going well. Don't ask me for a name, but they need a bonafide hitter who can bat second. Or cut the bullshit, make Posada the DH and let Cervelli catch 4-5 times a week. Until Cervelli's average drops to .260... So, yeah, make a trade. I also think that batting Gardner second is silly. Jeter probably wouldn't give a f*ck if he went back to 2nd for a couple weeks

I also don't get why they let Hairston go. What was the point of letting him go and getting Winn? At least Hairston could play infield and outfield and make some f*cking contact. Winn has looked absolutely overmatched in almost all his at-bats. His swing doesn't even look like a swing. He's waving, just hoping the ball finds his bat and he doesn't embarass himself. When Miranda's grounder was snagged, I knew then the game was over. And when Winn swung and missed at that 91 mph fastball right down the middle, I knew he'd strike out to end it.
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Thames or a Thames/Miranda (has historically mashed RHP) would be fine at DH. The problem here isn't Thames, its Winn. He is literally unusable I doubt Dye would provide more defense (or offense) than Thames at this point so what the Yankees really need to think about is how to replace Winn. Unless Cervelli can play LF (being half serioud) a trade should probably be made.

Don't look now, but Jim Edmonds is actually hitting for Milwaukee....
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Dye is the name because he's out there, supposedly working out, and has to have dropped any contract demands he had in the offseason, unless he wants to walk off into early retirement as a bunch of other aging sluggers have in recent years based on silly demands. I think if he's offered a take it or leave it $2 million, it is a extremely small risk to take. You're not giving up players and you're not wasting much money.

However, I mentioned it last night. This team needs up to two guys who can play corner outfield, and as Strider questioned above, I have been perplexed by the decision to let Hairston go from the moment it happened. I can actually see trading for him again. I'd like a guy who can hit competently and play strong outfield defense, as well as a guy like Dye who can play the outfield competently, and provide a little pop when other players are out of the lineup.

Obviously who I really want at DH is Posada with Cervelli catching, but Girardi, Cashman, and the entire organization seem to look at Jorge as the boss, and not vice versa.

Thames/Miranda at DH wouldn't be terrible for awhile if the rest of the bench weren't such a joke.

Do you guys realize Golston was sent down for a 13th pitcher (Melancon)? I didn't since I had most of the game muted while watching things like LOST. Seriously, what are they thinking? Their bench was short enough with Jorge and Swisher virtually unusable. Maybe Mariano can get his wish and come in for defense in the outfield one of these games. What a joke.
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Thames should only be a DH, he cannot play the field!
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Didn't Hairiston want to play more often? I was under the impression that this was the reason he left.
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May 19 2010, 02:13 PM
Didn't Hairiston want to play more often? I was under the impression that this was the reason he left.
I never heard that. I am sure he loves playing with his brother, but the fact he flew to the ring ceremony tells me how much he loved his short time here. I'm telling you, he will be the latest two-time Yankee. He makes so much sense.
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Elijah Dukes is still a free agent. Just bring the guy in on a zero tolerance minor league deal and give him a chance up here if he proves himself on the field and stays out of trouble for a couple of weeks in the minors.
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Now Thames is hurt! They have no outfielders, so Pena is in right.

I'm glad he didn't force Swisher in though. I'd rather be able to retroactively put him on the 15-day DL, if this biceps issue persists since the clock would start all over again.
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What is with these soft bitches on this team? They are going down like flies.
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WTF is up with Posada and Swisher?! If they can't play, put them on the fecking DL and get people up here!!!

WTF is Cashman doing?!?!?!?! Sign somebody already, my God!!!!!! The whole team is injured!
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May 19 2010, 09:48 PM
WTF is up with Posada and Swisher?! If they can't play, put them on the fecking DL and get people up here!!!

WTF is Cashman doing?!?!?!?! Sign somebody already, my God!!!!!! The whole team is injured!
Exactly! And instead of keeping Golston up here, they brought up another pitcher, and haven't used him!

Unless someone goes on the DL (Thames, Posada, or Swisher), they can't call Golston back up, and they clearly need an outfielder here tomorrow. I just looked it up and there is one more outfielder on the 40-man roster, a cat named Chad Huffman.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=huffma001cha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Huffman

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Career

Huffman played for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team from 2004-2006 and TCU Horned Frogs football team from 2003-2005.

Huffman was selected by the San Diego Padres in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of Texas Christian University.

Huffman was waived by the Padres prior to the 2010 season to make room on the 40 man roster for Matt Stairs. He was claimed off waivers by the Yankees.
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Well Melancon is in a game, so they used the guy they sent their only backup outfielder down for.

More on Chad Huffman:

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The Yankees acquired first baseman-outfielder Chad Huffman off waivers from the Padres on Wednesday, and he will report immediately to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

San Diego had designated Huffman for assignment on Sunday in order to make room on its roster for Matt Stairs. New York had one vacant space on its 40-man roster for the 24-year-old, who hit .269 with 20 home runs and 68 RBIs in 135 games last season at Triple-A Portland.

A native of Missouri City, Texas, Huffman played quarterback at Texas Christian University before being selected by the Padres in the second round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.

"I hear he can throw a football, but we have to see about a baseball," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

He can certainly hit them a long way. Huffman defeated former Yankees prospect Shelley Duncan in last year's Triple-A All-Star Game Home Run Derby, clubbing 15 blasts in the three-round competition.


http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100407&content_id=9125474&notebook_id=9125454
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May 19 2010, 10:02 PM
"I hear he can throw a football, but we have to see about a baseball," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
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Look at that picture!!!!!
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May 19 2010, 10:10 PM
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May 19 2010, 10:02 PM
"I hear he can throw a football, but we have to see about a baseball," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
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